Charity Choice, Amazon angst

[angledge]

So, remember how I mentioned that the car I was driving while staying with vulgarbarbarian ended up going to the mechanic with transmission problems? Well, it turns out that the necessary repairs will cost more than the car is worth, so VB is going to write it off by donating the car to a charity. Even though the car doesn’t run well, this can still earn the charity some money. This is a well-known method of donation in the United States.

Anyway, VB has asked me to research some charities. Through the website donateacar.com, I’ve found five charities that are of interest for various reasons. If you know of another one that could accept an automobile donation from Connecticut, let me know (don’t nominate yourself unless you can prove that you, personally, are a 501(c)3 charity). And please vote for the charities you think deserve support.

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And in news from the world of fuckupery, Amazon deleted my account. So I lost all my reviews, my wish list, my Friends page, etc. Sooo displeased!

Comments

[marasca.livejournal.com]

When I was looking at donating my 4Runner, I found this site: http://www.v-dac.com/ They say on average 56% of the proceeds go to charity (according to them this is better than most car donation charities) and that they can give the money to any 501(c)3.

Might be worth finding out how much of the money goes to the charity if you use the Donate a Car folks (I'd looked at them as well).

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Good idea.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

According to the guy I just spoke to a donateacar's toll-free line, they make contracts with each individual non-profit. Of their ~1,300 charities, ~1,000 receive 70% of gross profits from the sale of the car, ~150 get 60%, & the rest get 50%. I can find out which gets what percentage if I ask by name (I didn't bother because I haven't narrowed down a list yet).

[afterwards.livejournal.com]

Car Talk uses them for their car donation program (the proceeds going to NPR, of course).

http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/vehicledonation/index.html